Should robots be allowed to kill?

The Debates feature from Euro|Topics offers English (+ French and German) translations of a selections of articles in European news sources on this topic.

Euro|Topics relaunched their website during 2016. Features published before that date are still available via an archive website (see related url hyperlinks).More than a hundred tech leaders have called for a global ban on lethal autonomous weapons. Killer roots could be used against innocent populations and get out of control if hacked, they say, adding that once this Pandora's box is opened it would be very difficult to close again. Europe's press share their concerns.

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http://archiv.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/aktuell.html http://archiv.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/aktuell.html

ESO: Background information: Civil law rules on robotics http://www.europeansources.info/record/civil-law-rules-on-robotics/

BBC News, 21.08.17: Killer robots: Experts warn of 'third revolution in warfare' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40995835

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